The Hidden Founders of American Democracy | Full Episode | Native America

Explore the rise of great American nations, from monarchies to democracies. Investigate lost cities in Mexico, a temple in Peru, a potlatch ceremony in the Pacific Northwest and a tapestry of shell beads in upstate New York whose story inspired our own democracy. [Originally aired in 2018] Nature to Nations | Native America Native America A four-part PBS series that challenges everything we thought we knew about the Americas before and since contact with Europe.

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